number of the closely allied species or forms, spreading from 

 Western Australia from latitude 34 almosl to the tropics, 

 would justify a belief in its extreme adaptability to various con- 

 ditions. I note the following description by J. 11. Maiden: 'It 

 is called in Australia White Tea-tree, is a Large, shapely, 

 nmbrageous tree, which h;is broad Leaves and white or creamy 

 flowers, and which is found in nearly pure sen sand, or by the 

 side of brackish cteeks." 1 have recently received a specimen 

 of this tree growing in San Diego. 



We have perhaps another form of it in our parks in Los 

 Angeles. Among others recommended are Melaleuca ericifolia, 

 making quite ;i tree; Melaleuca Linariifolia, somewhat common 

 in our parks in Los Angeles; .Melaleuca genistafolia, all suitable 

 for 1 rial. 



The e-cnns .Melaleuca comprises over one hundred species, 

 many of them worthy of trial. Before leaving this attractive 

 genus it may not be out of place to touch on the great beauty of 

 many of them. Dr. Franceschi, an importer of new. useful and 

 ornamental plants, tells me that at Naples this was almost the 

 only plant used for decorating the summer villas erected on a 

 promontory of land reaching out into the sea. Nothing else 

 would withstand the direct sea breezes. Two specimen trees of 

 this genus, Melaleuca Huegeli, nearly sixty feet high and the 

 stem four feet in circumference, and Melaleuca cuticularis, 

 twenty feet high ami nearly live feel in circumference, are well 

 known trees in the Cape Town Botanical Garden. It may also 

 he found that the Callistemons, a very nearly allied genus, may 

 provide some trees worthy of trial. A tree of Callistemon spe- 

 eiosus. nearly twenty feet high, is one of tin' sights of Santa Barbara. 



Before discussing the Eucalyptus, 1 would like briefly to 

 refer to a few more genera which may be included under the 

 head of antiseptic vegetation. Leptospermum Loevigatum, also 

 known as Fabricia laevigata, is well known in San Francisco 

 from being Largely used in reclaiming the sandy soil of the 

 Golden G-ate Park. II makes quite a tree, and with Leptosper- 

 mum lanigerum is recommended by Charles Xaudin. who say- 

 it is supposed to have the effect of driving away malaria from 

 swampy places, and fulfills the same health giving role as Mela- 

 leuca ericifolia and many of the Eucalypti. L. flaveseens 

 extends as far north as the Philippines, and several other species 

 extend to the Northern portion of Western Australia and are 

 suitable for experiment. The leaves of L. scoparium were used 

 infused as tea by ('apt. Cook and his crew on his voyage of 

 discovery. 



Another genus belonging to the Myrtaceae, probably the 

 mosl widely spread over the various islands of the Indian Archi- 



